Contemporary Candian Film and Literature (Fall, 1999; 2001)
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NO

Characters: Michel (writer), his girl friend Sophie (an actress), the diplomat, Walter, his wife Patricia
  1. Why are the scenes in Japan  colored, and those in Montreal, black and white?  (Osaka, Japan, at Expo '70, an event that also marked the 25th anniversary of the end of World War II <-> Montreal, stricken by FLQ, Quebecois Liberation Front's terrorists' movements.  More than 400 people were arrested.)
  2. How is Hanako set as a contrast to her Canadian friends?
  3. Metafilm: The film has two kinds of "plays with the film": NO and a Feydeau farce.  What are their functions?
  4. Equipments: what are the symbolic meanings of the photo booth and the clock?